Window.



E. H. LUNKEN.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1917.

' Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI3. 1917.

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ATTORNEYS EDMUND H. LUNKEN, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Application filed July 13, 1917. Serial No. 180,382.

;T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND H. LUNKEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindows, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to windows of the pocket type wherein the sashesthereof and the screens also, if desired, are adapted to slide up intothe pocket or down into the pocket as the case may be. In my Patent No.

1,201,598, I describe a mounting device for the weight cords of pocketwindows, and in several pending applications for patent I describedevices for screen arrangement in pocket windows whereby the screens maybe moved into the pocket, and wherein standard construction may befollowed so far as the size of the frame of the window is concerned, dueto the narrowing of the window sashes and the provision ofspecialscreens and special screen arrangement.

WVhile it has been thus provided by me, in the development of pocketwindows, for the convenient placing and replacement of sash cordsandweights, so as to fully counterbalance window sashes in their movementthroughout a pocket and window opening, and for convenient placing ofscreens into the window and for providing a place for them in thepocket, still the requisite delicacy of the positioning of parts and theclose work necessary in the putting of the parts together so as to getboth screens and sashes into side stiles of standard width orsubstantially so, and the chance of poor fitting and carpenter workresulting in sashes and screens that will not slide into the pocket,detracts considerably from the window becoming practical. I

In other pending applications for patent I describe weathering devicesfor the pocketopening in overhead wall pocket windows, and it can bereadily understood that slight errors in carpenter work would render theweathering devices either a block to the operation of the window orinefficient for the desired purpose.

It is accordingly my object in this invention to provide a method ofmaking up and shipping pocket windows which will do away with thenecessity of any work being done on the windows themselves, after theyonce leave the factory.

It is the modern way in installing windows, to order the millwork forthe window fr mes and the work for the sashes as separate items. Theframekork of the window, including the boxing for the counterbalancingweights and the sill and cap, but excluding the trim, is milled,assembled and shipped to the place of installation. The sashes aremilled, assembled and shipped separately, and upon arrival at theirdestination must be sorted out and placed around the structure in theframes. The frames are usually set in the walls first and the sashesassorted and fitted to them. Then the glazier, usually the samecontractor as the painter, is called on to cut and fit the glass lightsin the sashes, after which the carpenters hang the sashes in the frames.

' The sashes, frames and glass are quite often ordered from widelyseparated places, and the work of assortment, fitting and mounting isconsiderable, and particularly in winter seasons is a cause of greatdelay in the completionof the buildings, due to other trades waiting onthe carpenters and glaziers for the work.

I have found that if the pocket type of window is properly constructed,it can be made into a package for shipment with the sashes, frames,screens and even the glass all assembled and placed, leaving nothing forthe contractor on the job to do but to, wall them in. Thus not only isthe more or less delicate work on the pocket type window confined to thefactory, but the mounting of the window in a building is very muchquicker and easier than the usual style window. When it arrives at thepoint of installation, the whole structure is set into the wall,whereupon the sashes may be pulled down, already counterbalanced andglazed, and even the screens pulled down, if they are needed.

This object, as generally stated, and the advantages thereof, as willbe-noted, are accomplished by that certain construction and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the'drawings,

Figure 1 is a disassembled perspective view of the parts of a windowconstructed according to my invention, arranged so as to be viewed fromthe outside.

Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the window complete and ready forshipment and in stallation.

3 is a front elevation of the window in a wall with the trim thereofdotted in.

Fig. l is a section perspective of the window ready for shipment andinstallation.

5 is a disassembled perspective of the 11g and protecting boards of thewindow.

i 6 is a central longitudinal section through the window taken on theline 2, of 'Z.

g. I is a sectional view taken on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 6.

lhe window chosen for illustration of the invention contains two sashesand two screens, with the sashes already glazed. it should be understoodthat the duplication of screens and sashes and the presence or absenceof the glass lights from the windowsare not necessarily essential to theinvention.

The. sashes 1, 2, and the screens 3, a, are of any desired structure andas shown are the sashes and screens of my inventions above noted. lhetype of window construction selected for illustration is the ordinarywooden window frame and sash, but it will be readily understood that theconstruction is equally applicable to windows of metal or othermaterial. For the wooden structure boxing is made up somewhat like theboxing ot the usual window in which there are side stiles 5, 5, runningthe length of the structure, cap boards 6, and sills The sills and capboards are suitably milled to receive the stiles and other parts makingup the weight boxes. Beside the stiles, the weight boxes comprise thefront and back boards 8 and 9, and the outside boards 10. The boards 8and 9 only extend as tar as the ordinary window framework, but theboards 10 and the side stiles extend the whole length of the structureand are secured to the caps and sill-s.

Across the space between the ends of the boards 10 and stiles 5 is setthe outside pocket board ll which closes off the pocket at one side, andat the other side is preterhly set a piece of corrugated metal 12, thiscce being supplemented by a cross board beneath it. The metal sheet iswell callated to receive the plastering of the inside a' of the room,and together with t cross board closes off the wall pocket on theinside. it should be noted that those covers serve not only for thepocket, but also for the weight boxes, since it will be reincn'zberedthat the front and back boards of the weight boxes terminate as at thetop of a normal window. It should also be noted that the plasterreceiving material and sheathing 11 should be interchangeable andcapable of use on either side of the pocket, the purpose being toprovide a pocket cover ing adapted to serve an insert in the inner wallsof the building.

The wall pocket space formed by the structure now described must be ot asize to re ceive the sashes and the screens, so that they an be moved upinto them, out of view altogether except at the bottom.

On the side stiles are the usual parting beads 1% and the channel guides15 for the screens. These extend the length of the window opening andthe pocket, and on the stiles are set the pulley mounts 16 for thecounterbalancing weight. These pulley mounts are those of my Patent No.1,201,598, above referred to. Suitabl sash cords extend from the sashesover the pulley devices and down into the weight boxes where they aresecured to the counter-balancing weights 17, 17.

According to my invention, a window con structed as above is made u 2 atthe factory complete, except for the outside trim that is to be puton atthe point of installation and which is usually of some special wood togo with the remainder of the woodwork. When complete and the operationhas been fully tested, with the sashes glazed and counterbalancedproperly and the screens set and movable freely, the sashes and screensare pushed up into the pocket. To fill up the weight boxes so as tobetter fit the weights, boards 8 are set into the inside of said boxes.The pocket being of the size to receive them they will be entirely outof the way of chance injury, and the glass, it used, will be fullyprotected. The sash weights are then bolted into place as follows: Theoutside or back boards of the weight boxes are bored with holes 18, 18,and a bolt 20 passed through them, so as to pick up and hold theweights, the weights having holes 19. 19, bored in them for thispurpose. The Iorward or inside weights have their holes screwthrczuledto receive the bolts as at 19. Thus the bolt will draw both weights upagainst the back board of the boxes a nd. hold them fast in place.

Four boards are then placed inside the remaining opening of the windowstructure. The top board 21 closes oil the opening into the pocket andholds the sash and screen firmly up against the top or cap of the frame.The side boards 22, are grooved at 2%, to pass over the sash partingstrip and the screen channel and protect them, and the bottomboard :26lies over the sill and protects it. The top board has its edges.

groored at to engage orer the parting strip and screen channel and thewhole arrangement of four pieces may be secured in place with a fewnails, although they will almost stay in place without them if a tightfit.

A complete package is then ready for shipment and installation. Thesashes and screens are inside of the wall pocket and fully protected,the side stiles are fully covered and protected, the glass, even, may bein place in the sash. No parts are exposed except parts which will beconcealed by the trim of the window opening which is put on afterinstallation in all kinds of windows.

The window when at its destination can be set into the wall and securedin place like any usual skeleton frame. The trim 27 (Fig. 3) may then beput in place when desired. Once the window is set, all the contractorneed do is to withdraw the bolts that lock the weights, knock off thefour cover boards, and pull down the sashes and screens.

Such details as sash locks and lifts can be furnished also by the windowmanufacturer, and they may be wired or tacked in place on one of thelower sash rails before closing up the sashes in the pocket.

The unitary weight boxes running the length of the window, the pulleymount at the top of the weight boxes, the pocket of a size to entirelyreceive the sashes and, if desired, the screens, the completely inclosedpocket built in with the weight boxes, all permit of this new departurein window building, shipment, and installation. The

various devices of my co-pending applications and my patent abovereferred to are made practical by this new invention which relates tothe packaging of a window for shipment and installation, as well as towindows which are capable of being so packed and installed.

In the illustrations of my window package I have not shown either theoutside hanging stile for brick or the outside casing for framebuildings, as it is evident that veither can be easily attached asrequired,

and the window package can be shipped with or without these parts.

It should be noted that the cover boards for the pocket are constructedso that they preferably leave a space at each side for securing theinside wall covering or the outside sheathing to the frame of the pocket(Figs. 2 and a). The same result may be obtained by making the outsidemembers 10 of the weight box portions of double thickness, so that thereis a projecting wooden piece to which the wall material may be secured,of which the pocket coverings form an insert (Fig. 7). The doublethickness piece runs the length of the window and facilitates thesecuring of the inner and outer wall material below the pocket alongsideof the window opening. In brick walls the inner walls would be thusinside the outer layer or course of brick. By inner walls of a buildingis meant the inside parts or sections of a wall that in the completedstructure cover up and conceal the inserted pocket from either theinside or the outside. Stucco or wallboard or paper would thus cover upand conceal the wall pocket structure just as in wooden structures thesheathing or plaster retaining walls do.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window package comprising a frame having a window opening, with awall pocket portion at one end thereof, adapted to receive the sash, asash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of thepocket of a material adapted for insertion in the inner walls of adesired structure, as described.

2. A pocket Window package prepared for shipment and installation asshipped, with the sashes thereof held in place in the pocket of thewindow, and the pocket completely inclosed, one of its closurescomprising a piece of finish receiving material.

3. A window package comprising a frame having a window opening, with awall pocket portion at one end thereof, adapted to receive the sash, asash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of thepocket of a material adapted for insertion in the inner walls of adesired structure, comprising at least in part a plaster receivingmaterial.

4:. A window package comprising a frame having a window opening, with awall pocket portion at one end thereof of a size to receive the sash, asash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of thepocket adapted to serve as a package closure for the sash for shipmentand a permanent pocket closure when inserted in the building structure.

5. A window package comprising a fram having a window opening, with awall pocket portion at one end thereof of a size to receive the sash, asash within the pocket, and closures for the front and back of thepocket adapted to serve as a package closure for the sash for shipmentand a permanent pocket closure when inserted in the building structure,and strips forming a protecting frame and closing the sides of thewindow opening for shipment and adapted to be removed upon the insertionof the window package in the walls of the building.

EDMUND H. LUNKEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

